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Jean-Jacques Delbo
Jean-Jacques Delbo (10 January 1909 – 20 May 1996) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1936 to 1990. Filmography References External links * 1909 births 1996 deaths French male film actors {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoléon (1955 Film)
''Napoléon'' is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon. Napoleon is played by two actors, Daniel Gélin as a young man and Raymond Pellegrin in later life; the switch takes place during a scene at a barber. Director/actor Guitry played the role of Talleyrand, controversial diplomat and first Prime Minister of France, narrating the story from a drawing room as if having just heard of Napoleon's death on the island of Saint Helena in 1821. Guitry had played Talleyrand before, in 1948's '' Le Diable boiteux''. Yves Montand appears as Marshal Lefebvre and Maria Schell as Marie-Louise of Austria. The film also has cameo appearances by a number of notable actors, particularly Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven, and Orson Welles as Napoleon's British jailor, Sir Hudson Lowe. The English version is a contemporary dub made as part of the original production, but does not run as long as the French version. Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fayette (film)
''La Fayette'' is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence. Cast * Michel Le Royer - La Fayette * Howard St. John - George Washington * Orson Welles - Benjamin Franklin * Pascale Audret - Adrienne de La Fayette * Jack Hawkins - General Cornwallis * Liselotte Pulver - Marie Antoinette * Folco Lulli - Le Boursier * Wolfgang Preiss - Baron Kalb * Edmund Purdom - Silas Deane * Georges Rivière - Vergennes * Rosanna Schiaffino - Comtesse de Simiane * Vittorio De Sica - Aaron Bancroft * Jacques Castelot - Duc d'Ayen * Jean-Roger Caussimon - Maurepas * Jean-Jacques Delbo - L'exempt Critical reception Allmovie wrote, "the story of a Frenchman who fought to liberate the American colonies from British rule is colorfully brought to the screen...Orson Welles gives a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik The Conqueror
''Erik the Conqueror'' ( it, Gli invasori, lit. "The invaders") is a 1961 Italian-French epic swashbuckling film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of whom is raised in England, the other in Scandinavia. They finally meet after almost 20 years, as rivals on opposite sides of an English–Viking war. It is a loose remake of the American film '' The Vikings''. Plot In 786 A.D., three large Viking ships land in England. King Harald, the only Viking chieftain interested in maintaining peace, makes a plea to King Loter. The English king sends Sir Rutford to work out a deal with the Vikings. Rutford stages a surprise attack on the Vikings. King Harald is felled by an arrow fired by Rutford's chief assassin. During the battle, Harald's two young sons, Erik and Eron, are whisked away by one of his chiefs. Eron is rescued, but Erik is left behind in the chaos. Later, King Loter arrives on the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Monte Cristo (1961 Film)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' is a 1961 French-Italian film version of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel directed by Claude Autant-Lara. Cast * Louis Jourdan: Edmond Dantes * Yvonne Furneaux: Mercedes * Pierre Mondy: Caderousse * Bernard Dhéran: Villefort * Franco Silva: Mario * Claudine Coster: Haydée * Jean-Claude Michel: Fernand de Morcerf * Yves Rénier: Albert de Mortcerf * Roldano Lupi: Morel * Marie Mergey: Madame Caderousse * Jean Martinelli: Vidocq * Henri Guisol: L'abbé Faria Reception The film was the seventh most popular film at the French box office in 1961. The sixth most popular was a version of ''The Three Musketeers''.French box office for 1961 at Box Office Story References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Of Lourdes (film)
Bernadette Soubirous (; ; oc, Bernadeta Sobirós ; 7 January 184416 April 1879), also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (''Lorda'' in Occitan), in the Departments of France, department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing Marian apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto at Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Massabielle. These apparitions occurred between 11 February and 16 July 1858, and the woman who appeared to her identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception." After a canonical investigation, Soubirous's reports were eventually declared "worthy of belief" on 18 February 1862, and the Marian apparition became known as Our Lady of Lourdes. Soubirous’s body has remained internally Incorruptibility#Causes, incorrupt. The Marian shrine at Lourdes (Midi-Pyrénées, from 2016 part of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie) went on to becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandenburg Division
''Brandenburg Division'' (german: Division Brandenburg) is a 1960 West German war film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Hanns Ernst Jäger, Wolfgang Reichmann and Heinz Weiss.Giesen p.273 It depicts members of the German commando unit Brandenburgers during the Second World War. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Jürgen Kiebach. Cast * Hanns Ernst Jäger as Jonas * Wolfgang Reichmann as Ungerland * Peter Neusser as Pflug * Heinz Weiss as Dörner * Klaus Kindler as Czerny * Helmut Oeser as Kugelmann * Gudrun Schmidt as Nina * Monika Weydert as Magret * Theo Tecklenburg as Derndorff * Kurd Pieritz as Markwitz * Bert Sotlar as Popoff * Stanislav Ledinek Stanislav Ledinek (26 June 1920 – 30 March 1969) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1953 and 1968. He died in Istanbul, Turkey. Selected filmography * ''Such a Charade'' (1953) * '' Red Roses, Red Lips, Re ... as Mitropoulos * Jean-Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thousand Eyes Of Dr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menschen Im Hotel
''Menschen im Hotel'' (french: Grand Hotel) is a 1959 German and French black-and-white drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, and produced by Artur Brauner. It starred O.W. Fischer, Michèle Morgan, Heinz Rühmann and Gert Fröbe. The screenplay was written by Ladislas Fodor and Hans Jacoby, based on the 1929 novel by Vicki Baum. The film is a remake of the 1932 classic '' Grand Hotel''. Plot The film shows two days and nights in a Berlin luxury hotel and tells the story of how the paths of various quite different characters cross. It begins with an attempted suicide by the famous dancer Grusinskaja. She is rescued by an impoverished noble, Baron von Gaigern, and falls in love with him. Von Gaigern, who makes a living as a hotel thief, learns about the corrupt dealings by businessman Preysing. He attempts to blackmail Preysing, with tragic results. Cast * O.W. Fischer as Baron von Gaigern * Michèle Morgan as Grusinskaja *Heinz Rühmann as Kringelein * Sonja Ziema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day The Sky Exploded
''The Day the Sky Exploded'' ( it, La morte viene dallo spazio, lit=Death Comes From Space), released in the United Kingdom as ''Death Comes From Outer Space'', is a 1958 science fiction film. It is known as the first Italian science fiction film, predating even the science fiction films of Antonio Margheriti. Plot From Cape Shark in the Australian desert, the United Nations launches an atomic rocket on a manned moon mission, but one of the engines malfunctions. The American pilot, John MacLaren, disengages the capsule and returns to Earth. However, the atomic booster continues, eventually exploding in the Delta asteroid cluster. When MacLaren insists on staying at Cape Shark to help, his homesick wife Mary takes their son and leaves for the U.S. without him. Engineer Peter Leduq, a boastful ladies' man, bets that he can thaw frigid co-worker Katie Dandridge with a kiss within six days, unaware she can hear him over the intercom. She rebuffs his initial efforts but allows him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle And Her Gang
''Mademoiselle and Her Gang'' (French: ''Mademoiselle et son gang'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Line Renaud, Noël Roquevert and Philippe Nicaud.Powrie & Stilwell p.143 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Synopsis Agnès Bourdieux the daughter of a police inspector, and a successful crime novelist under a male pseudonym, becomes leader of an inept gang of criminals. Cast * Line Renaud as Agnès Bourdieux * Noël Roquevert as L'inspecteur Bourdieux * Philippe Nicaud as Paul * Jean-Jacques Delbo as O'Connor * Georgette Anys as Gravos * Paul Bonifas as La patron du bistrot * Louis Bugette as Jojo * René-Louis Lafforgue as La Fourchette * Max Elloy as Victor * Jack Ary as Émile l'Africain - le troisième truand * Henri Garcin as L'ami snob de Christian * Raymond Gérôme as L'avocat * André Dalibert as Marcel * Sylvia Lopez Sylvia Lopez (November 10, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cela S'appelle L'aurore
''Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (English: ''This is Called Dawn'') is a 1956 Franco-Italian film, directed by Luis Buñuel. It was written by Buñuel and Jean Ferry, based on a novel by Emmanuel Roblès. Synopsis In a town in Corsica, Dr. Valerio is committed to caring for the poor. His childless wife, Angela, cannot stand the place and wants to move to Nice, but the doctor does not want to leave before finding a replacement. Valerio is sympathetic to the working poor of the area, particularly Sandro, a farm worker who maintains the trees belonging to Gorzone, a rich industrialist and the primary employer in the town. Angela becomes ill and wanders the town's slum quarters in a delirium, ultimately leaving the town for a holiday in Nice without her husband. The Commissioner of Police takes Valerio to a mountain village in order to sign medical reports for a little girl who had been raped by her grandfather. There, Valerio meets Clara, a rich young widow. He offers a relationship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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